If you want to become a lawyer in Nigeria, you need to follow the guidelines set by the Council of Legal Education. They regulate the legal profession in Nigeria and supervise the Nigerian Law School, which is the only institution authorized to provide legal education and training for lawyers.
The list provided below includes all the approved law schools in Nigeria as of 2023. The Council makes sure that only these authorized law schools can accept students who want to become lawyers and attend the Nigerian Law School.
Background Information
The Nigerian Law School and the Council of Legal Education were created in 1962 after the Legal Education Act was passed. The main goal was to make sure that future judges could study Nigerian customary law. ((barristerng.com))
Role of The Council of Legal Education
The Council of Legal Education is in charge of regulating the legal profession in Nigeria. It establishes the rules for people who have a foreign law degree and want to work as lawyers in Nigeria.
The Council sets the guidelines for legal education in Nigeria and makes sure that only approved law schools can send students to the Nigerian Law School and accept candidates to the Nigerian Bar.
Authorized Faculties of Law in Nigeria
Only approved law schools in Nigeria can send students to the Nigerian Law School and accept candidates to the Nigerian Bar. ((thenigerialawyer.com) Here is the list of the authorized law schools in Nigeria as of 2023:
Federal Universities:
- University of Ibadan
- University of Lagos
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- University of Maiduguri
- University of Benin
- University of Jos
- University of Calabar
- University of Ilorin
- University of Uyo
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- Bayero University, Kano
- Usmanu Dan Fodio University
- Ahmadu Bello University
- University of Abuja
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
- University of Port Harcourt
- Federal University Oye
State Universities:
- Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba
- Kogi State University
- Ebonyi State University
- Enugu State University of Science and Technology
- Rivers State University
- Abia State University
- Imo State University
- Delta State University, Abraka
- Ambrose Alli University
- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye
- Bukar Abba Ibrahim University
- Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University
- Osun State University
- Edo University Uzairuje
- Nasarawa State University
- Benue State University
- Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University
- Niger Delta University, Yenagoa
- Lagos State University, Lagos
- Bauchi State University
- Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti
Private Universities:
- Igbinedion University
- Afe Babalola University
- Crescent University Abeokuta
- Babcock University, Ogun State
- Baze University Abuja
- American University of Nigeria
- Bowen University
- Benson Idahosa University, Benin
- Nigerian Turkish Nile University
- Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji
- Al-Hikman University, Ilorin
- Lead City University, Ibadan
- Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo
- Edwin Clark University, Delta
- Madonna University, Okija
- Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin
- Salem University, Lokoja
- Gregory University Uturu
- Adeleke University Ede
- Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu
- Achievers University, Owo
- Redeemers University, Ede
- Bingham University, Keffi
- Koladaisi University, Ibadan
- Novena University Ogume
- Renaissance University
- Veritas University Abuja
- Caleb University Lagos
- Philomath University, Abuja
- Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko
- Fountain University, Osogbo
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